Improvement in culinary sinks



N. FEIERS. PMOTO-LTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

zEBULoN HUNT, 0E HUDsoN, NEw YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULINARY SINKS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,225, dated July 10,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZEBULoN HUNT, of the city of Hudson, in the countyof Columbia and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sinkfor Culinary Uses, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a birds-eye view; Fig. 2, alongitudinal vertical section 5 Fig. 3, atransverse section of the loweror discharge end; Fig. 4, a top or birds-eye view of the strainer.

The nature of my invention consists in placing over thedischarge-orifice of the sink a square tunnel or hopper with perforatedsides, through which the water is compelled to pass on its way to theorifice, detaining all heavy matter or sediment in a reservoir aroundand outside of the strainer, allowing only the strained andcomparatively clean water to enter the dischargeoriiice.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my sink of cast-iron, about two and a quarter feet ortwenty-seven inches wide by four feet long, or in that proportion. (SeeFig. l.) One-quarteror thereabont of the bottom farthest from thedischarge is corrugated or ridged slightly for draining utensils orarticles deposited there immediately after washin g,preparatory towiping and removing them.

At the opposite end of the bottom I have a movable or removable piece,B, extending in length quite across the sink and in breadth or widthabout one-sixth of the whole length of the bottom. In each end of thispiece B are three or four slotted apertures, t' i fi, Src., throughwhich the water passes into the reservoir below, from which, as soon asit rises to the height of the partition b b surrounding the bottom ofthe strainer C, it flows through the perforations in the latter, andthence into the orice D. From the under side ot' this bottom piece, B,and attached to it, is suspended a quadrangular partition or flange, aa, surrounding and inclosin g the strainer C, the bottom or lower edgeof which partition extends down below the top of the circular partitionor collar b b, thus effectually arresting all stench and eftluvia fromthe drain D. This arrangement also prevents anything entering whichcould in any way stop up or choke the pipe or conduit leading to themain drain or sewer, all such refuse matter being compelled to lodge andrest in the reservoir below and around the strainer C. This strainer,Fig. 4, is also selfcleaning. All substances which will iioat, and allthat by force of the current are carried against its flaring sides, iftoo large to pass easily through their perforations, fall back into thereservoir below and around the strainer, thus leaving the perforationsall clean and open. They do not clog and fill up, as does the flatstrainer commonly employed in the bottom of cast-iron sinks, where thewater, Ilth, and all iow upon it, and whatever is not admitted throughits perforations lodges on and around the strainer, and soon clogs andstops it up.

- What-I'claim pas my invention, and desire to secure by `Letters Patentof the United States, is-

1. The combination of the corrugated or tinted drainer A and removableslotted piece B with and forming part ofthe bottoni ot' the sink,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The flaring or funnel-shaped strainer C, in combination with the droppartition or curtain a a, substantially in the manner set forth.

Z. HUNT.

Witnesses: i

HIRAIVI W. DIXON, ALEX. S. RowLEY.

